Alex Chekkat Jacob (died July 2021) was a South African politician who represented the African National Congress (ANC) in the National Assembly from August 2008 to May 2009. He was sworn in to fill a casual vacancy in the ANC caucus.[1]

Alex Chekkat Jacob
Member of the National Assembly
In office
7 August 2008 – May 2009
Personal details
DiedJuly 2021 (2021-08) (aged 68)
CitizenshipSouth Africa
Political partyAfrican National Congress

Jacob was from Thiruvalla in Kerala, India, where he was active in the Congress Party. He settled in the Northern Cape of South Africa in the 1980s and worked as a teacher.[2] He died in South Africa in July 2021, aged 68.[2]

References edit

  1. ^ "National Assembly Members". Parliamentary Monitoring Group. 15 January 2009. Archived from the original on 14 May 2009. Retrieved 8 April 2023.
  2. ^ a b "Alex Chekkat, A Former South African MP From Thiruvalla, Dies In Northern Cape". NRI Vision. 20 July 2021. Retrieved 11 April 2023.